Apart from a couple of days when there have been no volunteers available due to the current restrictions, Bowraville's Community Technology Centre (CTC) remains open to residents.
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As the contact point for Centrelink in the town, it is considered an essential service. The bcu branch, which shares the premises, however remains closed.
A bcu spokesperson told the Nambucca Guardian today (Tuesday) that board discussions about reopening the Bowraville branch were a top priority and ongoing.
She said however recent events had radically changed priorities with the board needing to ensure all bcu branches and staff were properly organised and safe.
CTC Treasurer Colin Kemp said he also understood that discussions had been put on hold.
In the meantime the CTC committee was considering the options various Federal Government COVID-19 support programs offered the business.
"Some of these could benefit us and may see us getting through this," Mr Kemp said.
"The grants to small business are generous at $20,000 and could even see us coming out a bit better.
"There is also the JobKeeper scheme ... I would encourage small businesses and not-for-profits to have a good look, as the scheme could benefit them and their employees."
Mr Kemp said it was certainly interesting watching the world shift so dramatically online after years of 'inertia'.
"All these years we've been trying to get people involved in telehealth and other online consultations but they just weren't interested. Now that has completely changed, practically overnight - the world will never be the same after this."
He chuckled as he noted the difference between his own family's usage 20 years ago and now.
"Back then we used 400Mb a month on dial-up, whereas just last month we used 400Gb (that includes accessing Netflix during all those rainy weeks)."